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  • Cancer survivor becomes pilot for a day

    John Austin survived infant leukemia, seven surgeries, chemotherapy, respiratory failure and dozens of blood transfusions. He can now add U.S. Air Force pilot to that list.Thanks to the 58th Airlift Squadron and the Altus Air Force Base Pilot for a Day program, John spent the day exploring

  • Sheppard releases "Experience ENJJPT" episode 3; documents T-6 training

    The third installment of "Experience ENJJPT", part of a year-long video documentary series documenting undergraduate pilot training at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program, was released to the public Friday, May 16, at 9 a.m.The beginning stages of flight training in the T-6 Texan

  • AFECT Airmen teach flyers how to survive

    Flying a fighter jet requires hours upon hours of rigorous training preparing pilots for a multitude of battle scenarios, but there are some potentially fatal circumstances that can't be foreseen or avoided, such as bird strikes, engine failure or other mechanical problems leaving the pilot with

  • Air Force launches new program to capture innovative ideas

    Air Force officials announced the creation of a new program April 4, designed to harness Airmen's innovation. Airmen Powered by Innovation, or API, will replace three existing Air Force "good idea" programs - the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness, Productivity Enhancing Capital

  • Wings of Blue prepare to celebrate their golden anniversary

    This weekend the United States Air Force Academy Parachute Team Wings of Blue will celebrate a milestone--50 years of "Standing in the Door." Many things have changed during the past 50 years for the team, but the one constant has been "standing in the door" -that moment when a cadet is standing in

  • F-35 flies first training sortie at Luke AFB

    An F-35 Lightning II took to the sky over the West Valley here, May 5, in what was the first local training sortie for the fifth-generation fighter jet. The jet is currently the only F-35 at Luke Air Force Base with additional jets expected to arrive within the next few weeks."The ability to conduct

  • Solo or no-go: ENJJPT pilot's perspective on first solo flight

    Editors Note: This article is an ongoing series about the obstacles 2nd Lt. Abraham Morland faces as a Sheppard Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program student in the year long course, after he renounced his British citizenship to pursue his dream of flying in the U.S. Air Force. At the end of

  • 2 AETC airmen earn DoD's top journalism honors

    Two Air Education and Training Command noncommissioned officers were recently named 2013 Thomas Jefferson Award winners, a Department of Defense honor bestowed upon Public Affairs personnel annually.The Thomas Jefferson Awards program, a competition that includes every military branch, recognizes

  • SecAF honors Airmen with leadership awards

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James presented four Airmen with the 2014 Secretary of the Air Force Leadership Award, May 5, during ceremonies at Air University schools here. The award is the Air Force's most prestigious award for leadership honoring exceptional performance in a professional